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Cove Fort Gravel Pit No. 10

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010645
MRDS ID D004490
Record type Site
Current site name Cove Fort Gravel Pit No. 10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54773, 38.60468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929
Relative position 9800 FT EAST OF COVE FORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 006W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium
    Rock unit name Colluvium
    Rock description Colluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54773, 38.60468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Interstate 15

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.087HA
    Overall length 180M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVG DEPTH 3 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGAN, R.J., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGEN, R. 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR EQUANT TO TABULAR EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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